Monday, August 31, 2020

Undertaker's Wife


Undertaker's Wife

Category - Salmon

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tag - Fluorescent green and chineses red (or fluorescent fire orange) uni stretch
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Green highlander uni yarn
Throat - Yellow hen hackle
Wing - Gray squirrel tail (or gray fox) over gold or copper krystal flash

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Tom Jones (Beadhead Variation)



Tom Jones (Beadhead Variation)

Hook - Mustad R73-9671, size 8
Bead - Gold
Thread - Black
Tag - Red uni stretch
Tail - Black squirrel tail
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Olive chenille 
Wings - Olive marabou

When viewed from a fishy perspective it seems to imitate scuds (freshwater shrimp), damsels, stick caddis etc.

The Tom Jones must be a Welsh fly – right?  Wrong! It is as Aussie as Fosters and it has a very long history in its native Australia.  It was developed in 1971/1972 by a English ex-pat called John Lanchester who was a member of the Southern Fly Fishers

Woodstock




Woodstock

Hook – Scud style, size 14-20
Bead – Black nickel
Thread – Olive
Tail – Lemon wood duck
Ribbing – Copper wire
Body – Tying thread
Thorax – Synthetic peacock dubbing

Mayhem Midge


Mayhem Midge

Hook – Mustad R30-94833 (or equivalent), size 10-18
Thread – Olive
Tail – Brown antron yarn
Ribbing – Olive wire
Body - Tying thread
Wing case – Tan foam
Legs – Brown antron yarn (extension of the tail and pulled back for legs)
Thorax - Brown synthetic dubbing

Thursday, August 27, 2020

McGee


McGee

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Yellow

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Butt - Yellow chenille

Body - Peacock herl twisted around tying thread into a herl chenille

Wing - Black guinea feather fibers

Hackle - Brown hen

Head - Yellow chenille

Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Volume 6 - Issue 2)

Mike's Sign


Mike's Sign

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tar - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Orange hackle fibers
Body - Rear half - Orange uni yarn ribbed with oval gold tinsel, Front half - Peacock herl
Hackle - Brown furnace
Wing - Brown bucktail

Reference - Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Volume 3 - Issue 4)

Old English Iron Blue Dun



Old English Iron Blue Dun

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tail - Red golden pheasant breast feather or red hackle
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Muskrat dubbing or gray yarn
Hackle - Black hen
Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Reference - Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Volume 2 - Issue 2)

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Yellow Venison


Yellow Venison

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A, size 2-4-6
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Yellow bucktail
Topping - Black guinea fowl

Ferry Canyon



Ferry Canyon

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tail - Purple hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Orange and purple uni yarn
Throat - Purple hackle fibers or marabou
Wing - Purple marabou over red and pearl krystal flash

Umpqua Perly-bou




Umpqua Perly-bou

Hook - Up eye salmon hook
Thread - Red
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Bill's body braid - pearl
Wing - White marabou and pearl crystal flash
Collar - Red hackle


Monday, August 24, 2020

Carmichael Indispensable




Carmichael Indispensable

Bob Carmichael [1940s]

Hook - Mustad 94845, #12-26
Thread - Black
Tail - Moose body hair
Abdomen - Yellow thread, floss, uni stretch etc
Thorax - Pink dubbing
Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips
Hackle - Grizzly

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Letort Hopper


Letort Hopper

Hook - Curved style
Thread - Yellow
Body - Dubbing in your choice of color
Wing - Mottled turkey and deer hair
Head - Deer hair, trimmed

Darbee's Stonefly Nymph



Darbee’s Stonefly Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Thread - Brown 
Tail - Two pheasant tail fibers
Rib: Brown monofilament or uni stretch
Abdomen - Amber/golden stone dubbing
Wing cases - Two split jungle cock eyes
Thorax - Amber/golden stone dubbing
Legs - Partridge or grouse.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Doculator



Doculator

Hook – Straight or curved style

Thread – Yellow

Ribbing – Black holographic tinsel

Body – Yellow foam

Wing – Deer or elk hair

Bullet head – Yellow foam

Hackle - Grizzly

https://www.johnkreft.com/stonefly-fly-patterns/doculator/

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Chernobyl Ant Variation



Chernobyl Ant Variation
MAK Variation

Hook - 3XL style
Thread - Black
Tail/Butt - Krystal flash
Underbody - Synthetic Peacock dubbing
Body - Black foam
Legs - Rubber legs
Sighter - Red, orange, hot orange antron yarn, yarn, mcflylon etc

Olive Balloon Caddis


Olive Balloon Caddis

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Olive
Tail - Amber antron yarn
Ribbing - Opal mirage tinsel
Body - Olive dubbing
Wing - Bleached elk hair or  natural deer hair
Head - Olive foam
Thorax - Olive dubbing

Sunday, August 16, 2020

GFA (General Foam Attractor) Hopper


GFA (General Foam Attractor) Hopper

Hook - Curved dry fly style
Thread - Tan
Underbody - Peacock herl
Body - 2mm foam - tan - shaped with cutter or scissors
Wing - Bleached elk hair
Indicator Strip - 2mm foam - pink
Legs - Medium round rubber legs - knotted if you prefer

Tie this in different colors - Olive, brown, black, green etc.

Indicator strip can be pink, orange, white, yellow, chartreuse etc.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Woodchuck Wing Streamer/Nymph



Woodchuck Wing Streamer/Nymph

Hook - Streamer - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Hook - Nymph - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Teal feather fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Bill's body braid - silver
Throat - Red guinea fibers
Wing - Woodchuck

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

White Lightning


White Lightning

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tag - Yellow floss or uni stretch
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black floss or uni stretch
Throat - Orange hackle fibers
Wing - White calf tail

Ray's Red


Ray's Red

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Orange
Tag - Rose colored yarn
Tail - Orange floss
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Wing - Red fox squirrel

I guess it gets its name from the wing material. No other "red" in the pattern.

Monday, August 10, 2020

Ecum Seeker


Ecum Seeker

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tail - Yellow hackle
Body - Embossed silver tinsel and peacock herl
Throat - Yellow hackle
Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Mint Brook Special



Mint Brook Special

Hook - Up eye salmon style
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tag - Orange uni stretch or floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl or black peacock herl
Rib - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange uni stretch or floss
Throat - Yellow hackle
Wing - White bucktail

Friday, August 7, 2020

Verdict



Verdict

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel and rose-colored yarn
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Black uni stretch
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Hackle - Hot orange

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Mesmerizer




Mesmerizer

Category - Salmon

Hook - Long shank nymph/streamer style
Thread - Black 
Tail - Pearl krystal flash (or substitute flash material)
Shellback - Pearl krystal flash (or substitute flash material)
Hackle - Black, palmered up length of body
Body - Fluorescent green uni stretch
Legs - Pearl krystal flash (or substitute flash material), shellback doubled back and evenly distributed on both sides of the hook shank 

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Polar White



Polar White

Category - Salmon

Hook- Salmon style
Thread – White underbody, black head
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – White floss or uni stretch
Wing – *Polar bear
Hackle – White

*If polar bear is not available, substitute with any white hair you have on hand

Coachman



Coachman

Category - Salmon, steelhead, sea trout etc

Hook - Salmon fly style
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Peacock herl reinforced around a tag end of tying thread
Wing - White calf tail
Hackle - Brown hen